Rhys Lewis, who was hired from Moorfield Group in 2005 to expand the firm’s European operation, has created Anglesea Capital to invest in the UK.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
The $20bn Connecticut state pension is the latest in a list of US pensions that have ended their relationship with Aldus Equity after the Dallas firm’s founder, Saul Meyer, was indicted for allegedly taking part in a kick-back scheme. Aldus’ lawyer yesterday rebuked the SEC as being ‘careless’ for naming the firm in a related complaint.
4 min read · 21 January 2013
An uptick in real estate investment activity by SWFs in 2008 may indicate a long-term investment trend, including helping to fill the debt financing void, according to a Deloitte report.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The Cayman Islands-based firm has launched a residential housing fund, with hopes of closing the vehicle by the end of the year. Half the fund is expected to invest in Peru and Colombia. The firm's last fund closed on $42m last year.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
It is the first fund LaSalle has ever closed specifically targeting Mexico. News of the closing comes on the same day as Mexico tries to resume normal business activities amid an outbreak of swine flu.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
The London-based firm has appointed Hugh Elrington as head of UK transactions. Elrington spent 11 years at CB Richard Ellis and the last two years at Pensus Fund Management.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
Merrill Lynch puts plans for its second Asian real estate opportunity fund on ice as it awaits direction from the bank’s new owners, the Bank of America.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
American International Group is close to selling its $1 billion Japanese headquarters as it looks to reduce its debt position. In a report by the Wall Street Journal, the embattled insurer has attracted at least two bidders for the 15-story building.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
April was a month of senior departures, many of whom built the platforms and raised the funds that PERE LPs find themselves committed to today. The issue has become an area of grave concern.
3 min read · 21 January 2013
The New York-based private equity real estate firms are once again the two largest private equity real estate firms in the world. The top 30 firms raised more than $211 billion in value-added, opportunistic capital over the past five years.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
